EL325 : Grammatical Structure 1

Department

Department of English Language

Academic Program

Bachelor in English Language

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

EL219

Overview

This course gives students in-depth discussions on higher level grammatical structures. It enlightens them to the difference between clauses and phrases, the different kinds of clauses. It also helps the student to analyze and construct grammatical structures correctly.

The topics of grammatical Structures 1 course include distinguishing between the different types of clauses (adverbial clauses, adjective clauses and noun clauses)

Intended learning outcomes

o By the end of this course the students would be able to

o The student would write compound and complex sentences using different types of clauses and conjunctions.

o The student would compare the structures of compound and complex sentences The student would use different grammatical structures in writing and understand academic texts

o The student would make a change and modify some grammatical structures

o The student would be able to formulate grammatical sentences correctly

Teaching and learning methods

The course is taught by giving lectures in the halls allocated to the department, using specialized sources and books in teaching grammar and grammatical structures to students of the English Language Department. Also, exercises and some activities are used to help students understand the various contents of the course.

Methods of assessments

Students are evaluated by conducting a mid-term exam and a final exam that includes all the components of the curriculum:

Midterm exam 40%

Final exam 60%

Total 100%

Course contents	Distribution
Adverbial clauses Types of adverbial clauses Time clauses	First week
Conditional clauses Adverbial clauses of result Adverbial clauses of manner	Second week
Phrasal conjunctions in adverbial clauses Using adverbial clauses for summarizing	Third week
Adjective clauses Recognition of adjective clauses Punctuation of adjective clauses	Fourth week
Relative pronouns introducing adjective clauses Adjective clauses used in definition Using adjective clauses for summarizing	Fifth week
Noun clauses Sequence of tenses in noun clauses	Sixth week
Noun clause objects from statements, questions, exclamations	Seventh week
Noun clauses after wish Noun clauses with infinitive abridgement	Eighth week
That’ clauses after verbs of urgency 2. Clauses vs. Phrases	Ninth week
Absolute constructions a. Absolute constructions with participles	Tenth week
Position of absolute constructions b.	Eleventh week
Absolute constructions used in professional writing Post modification	Twelfth week
Tree diagram of sentences	Thirteenth week
Revision	Fourteenth week

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